The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-08
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
JEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

Clergyman Mistaken for a Burglar
and Possibly Fatally Injured An
Athenian Files a Suit for Damages
Against the Western Union Tele-
graph Company-A Nuptial Romance
in Glascock County.
GEORGIA
bingham Superior Court will begin its
all session the second Monday in Novem-
YER.
The lot for the Methodist parsonage at
iuyton is being cleared up. Work will be-
in at an early day.
The Christian church, of Eastman, has
allied to their pastoral care for the ensuing
tear Elder w. D. Oliver of Wrightsville.
The citizens of Calhoun have, by popular
Inscription, raised enough money to pur-
base fifty new desks for the college. These
ire double desks, and will seat 100 pupils.
At Midland Thursday morning fright
Ml accident happened to Jesse Willis while
running steam gin. His left arm was
taught in the machinery and was torn off
Ibove the elbow. The shoulder was also
iisocated. DIR. Seth n. Jordan was sum-
moned and amputated the young man's
arm at the shoulder joint.
Mrs Mamie G. Dorman, an industrious
lady of Sumter county, has quilt com
posed of %, 900 pieces of cloth, all neatly
stitched together, and there are an average
ef about twenty stitches to each piece of
eloth. Mrs. Dorman was two years in max
ing the quilt, doing the work at odd times.
Il will be sent to Atlanta and placed with
The Sumter exhibit.
In the past two days two young men of
Americas have struck it rich in the way of
drawing newspaper prizes, one of them par
ticularly So Edgar Duncan, the deaf mute,
drew So in cash in the Sunny South distri-
button of presents and j. c. Brown a young
man of the same county, drew 500 i'll the
tame distribution. They received their
money per express, and were correspond
tngly happy.
Rev. d. j. Apperson, possibly the oldest
FTee-Will Baptist i'll the State, was in
Americas Thursday, en- route to Pleasant
Grove, in Calhoun county, where the Chat
tahoochee United Free-Will Baptist Asso-
citation convened Thursday night. Mr.. APP
person is a very old man, and has been
preaching fifty years, and has been instru-
mental in the conversion of thousands of
people. He says that he has baptized over
1000, and he is still able TO do the work of
the Lord He thinks there is no calling or
business more important than his.
A sample of coal, from the Brown mine
near Fort Gaines, was submitted by Hon
w. j. Greene to chemical analysis by a corps
of distinguished and skillful chemists in
Atlanta, and they unanimously pronounced
1t the finest samples they had ever seen in
this country, being none other than the gen
uine and world famous camel coal. This is
said to be far superior to any Southern coal,
and is especially recommended as a heat
generator for either steam or heating DUR
poses. Mr.. Brown is satisfied that he has an
inexhaustible supply; so now all he has to
do is to arrange for putting it on the mar
ket
A prominent cotton buyer of Athens has
filed suit against the Western Union Tee-
graph Company for damages, owing to the
missending of a word in a telegram 1t
seems that two words were used sniffie"
and 'snihe," but with entire different mean
ing. The buyer received the word ''sniffie."
He thought there was a mistake, and wired
back to know if ''snifien was not meant. The
answer stated that the proper word was
'snlffie." The merchant shaped his tran
sactions accordingly, and experienced a loss
of $500. He has employed able counsel
and filed suit against the Western Union
for recovery of this amount 1t is said
that there have been similar cases in courts,
and that the principle has been sustained.
G. c. Balkcom, of Macon, has in his pos
session copy of the Federal Union, pub
lshed at Milledgeville, and bearing date
of July 8, 1884. A negro woman had gotten
ping paper. In the paper is the advertise
ment of w. d. Huson and his mother
They announce that they have taken the
establishment in Macon formerly kept by
Charles Williamson, known as Washington
Hall There is also the prospectus of the
Augusta COnstitutiOndljst. 1t also states
that Benjamin f. Butler was nominated by
the President to be Attorney General of the
United States, and confirmed by the Senate
The paper presents some queer features
when compared with the newspapers of to-
day.
In Dodge county last week, J. w. Noles'
eldest son, Wright, aged 9 years, was the
victim of a fatal accident The GIN arrange
ment is of the old style-lever drawn around
by horse power with skiing post and stir
rup" fixtures The lad was riding around
on the lever, sitting backward to the i'm
pending danger. While in this position he
lost his life, being drawn under or between
the stirrups of the band wheel tan aperture
OF about two incheSl and the moving lever
striking the unfortunate boy about the
spinal region crushed him internally. At
this juncture the mules drawing the machin-
cry were stopped, but to relieve the lad it
was necessary to reverse the action of the
machinery. This was almost death to the
already seriously wounded boy, and he lived
but few hours thereafter.
An important attachment niSi was heard
by Judge Bower, Wednesday, i'm which the
Jones & Bro, of Camilla, and their creditors
were parties. When Jones a. Bro. became
insolvent their creditors filed bill for in
junction and prayed for an order appoint
ing receiver TO take charge of the assets.
These were granted, and G. w. Swindle
was appointed temporary receiver. The
creditors claimed that Jones &c Bro. DELAYED
IN responding to the demands made of
them, and an attachment uiSi was issued re-
quiring the defendants to show cause why
they should not be punished for contempt
of court. This was heard Wednesday by
Judge Bower, the defendants producing
their answer. Counsel for the creditors OBJ
Jected to the answer on the ground that it
was not full and explicit, and was not re-
sponslve TO the allegations contained in the
bill. The Chancellor sustained the obiec-
tions, and ordered that the defendants an
swer more fully and specifically at the next
term of Baker Superior Court, until which
time further hearing of the case is con-
tinued.
A very sad mistake occurred at Crawford
Tuesday night, in which Rev. j. L. Revil
was struck in the breast with a smoothing
iron by Joseph G. Jordan. Rev Mr.. Revill
is about 40 years of age in feeble health and
is hard of hearing. He was stopping with
DIR. Harris, and after supper he decided TO
30 to the residence of Mr. Jordan to spend
the night. When he arrived Mr.. Jordan
had retired Mr.. Revill aroused him by
knocking Mr.. Jordan asked repeatedly